All Chapters of The Alpha's Burning Heart: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Raina’s POVEach time Alpha Tristan returns to the pack, it's challenging for me.As the Head maid of the packhouse, I oversee all the maids and manage everything within the packhouse, from cleaning and catering to welcoming guests. Most crucially, I attend to the Alpha's daily needs.But everyone here knows I am not only a head maid but also the Alpha's toy, his bed warmer.After all, Tristan would never forgive the mate who cruelly rejected him.Tristan and I were best friends before we became mates. His father was the Alpha King but was defeated by our old alpha, who then married his mother and adopted him. A year after their union, they had his younger brother, Dean. Everyone knew the old Alpha would choose his real son, Dean, as his heir. No one cared about Tristan, and no one loved him, including his mother.I met Tristan in school. He was always bullied badly by other teens. Every time I saw him during break time, there were wounds on his face and body, new and old ones. He was

Raina's POV I found myself obligated to stay with Tristan and Natasha until lunchtime. They conversed animatedly, Tristan completely engrossed in her presence—attentive, tender, and considerate. I felt invisible, merely a bystander, observing and catering to their every whim. Thankfully, Tristan was summoned away to attend to other affairs, signalling my impending freedom to tend to my own tasks. "Show your Luna her room," he ordered me. "Yes, Alpha," I said because he often took offence if I did not respond properly. He walked away without glancing at me, and I asked Natasha to follow me. While we walked, I minded my business. The look she and her mother initially gave me was reason enough to tell me she wasn't a fan. "I know you have been warming his bed," she started, and I wondered why she needed to go there. "Know that once we are mated, I will make sure your services are no longer needed," she said. I thought of a reply but held my tongue for now. It wasn’t just my life an

Raina’s POV They both looked at me, and I felt out of place. "I apologise, Alpha and Luna. I will take my leave now if you allow me," I said, ready to leave. "Stay," Tristan said with a very harsh tone. Normally, I should feel something was wrong, but I was used to the harsh words and treatment. So it was okay. “Natasha told me you tried to hurt her in my home,” he said to me, and I already saw it coming. “Do you have anything to say in your defence?” he asked as if he cared enough to even listen. “No, alpha,” I said, not wanting to bother. I knew how this would go, and there was no winning for me. “It seems you are yet to understand your station in this pack, Omega Raina,” he said letting me know my slave status. I didn’t speak a word. "Natasha, please excuse us, I will soon be home," Tristan said gently, and she grumbled a bit, not wanting to leave. She wanted to be here for it. I doubted she would be able to stomach what Tristan had in mind. I knew it would be sick and tw

Raina's POV.I wasn't released from the cell until seven in the evening the next day. I knew the delay was due to the wedding ceremony, and I learned that Tristan had deliberately kept me locked up so I wouldn’t attend. I was grateful for the kind gesture because attending his wedding would have been torture for me.The wedding ceremony was ongoing, so I stayed clear of the venue. Knowing I would be the last person anyone would want to see there.I went to my room to clean myself up. I was uncertain about my future responsibilities. With Tristan's now married, my duties might shift. Natasha's hostility and false accusations left me sceptical about any improvements. Could I handle it? Was fleeing the only option? But what about my family, particularly my siblings? Given Tristan's monstrous nature, I knew he'd devise something sinister. I couldn't risk their safety out of selfishness. Despite my determination to stay and trust Tristan to honour his commitments, unease gnawed at me,

Raina's POVI remained fixed in the mirror, looking at Tristan’s mark on my neck. As much as I dreaded what would happen, the memories of how he touched me throughout the night warmed my heart. Could he be changing? But if he was, why did he get married? I was confused and longed for clarity. Knowing I had wasted too much time already, I tied my neck with a scarf to cover the mark and decided to resume work.I ventured outside and found one of Tristan's men at my doorstep. He wasn't a pack member but one of the outsiders who had aided Tristan in seizing the throne from Dean. I often wondered why these men were not given higher positions and why Tristan chose to elevate pack members instead. But such thoughts were not my concern."From now on, you report for work at Alpha Knight's house," he said. Not sounding condescending like Alec and the other officers. Sometimes, I think they pitied me, but my mind might be playing tricks on me."Very well, I will make my way there," I replied, and